PFAS & PFOA Resources
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
How can I be exposed?STEEP:
PFAS:
- How to Reduce Your Exposure to PFAS
- PFAS and Drinking Water: What You Should Know
- PFAS Mitigation | Barnstable County
- PFAS: What is Being Done | Cape Cod Gateway Airport
Other resources:
- Green Science Policy Institute’s list of PFAS free products
- Cancer Free Economy Network Tips for Consumers (consumer products and drinking water)
- Clearya (chrome extension, not specific to PFAS, but does include PFAS and is very consumer-oriented)
Water Districts & Systems
The Town of Barnstable has five Water Districts.
Public water is provided to distinct fire districts in the town of Barnstable for fire protection. Drinking water is the secondary benefit.
All fire districts have separate municipal departments and they pretty much run like businesses. Citizens of Barnstable pay different amounts for water than other citizens, based on the fire/water district in which they live.
There’s the Barnstable Fire District, the Centerville, Osterville and Marstons Mills (C.O.MM) Fire District, and Cotuit Fire District. West Barnstable maintains its own fire district, but they don’t provide their own water as the other districts that maintain a fire arm. The Hyannis Fire District gets its water from the Hyannis Water Supply Division, an enterprise fund in the Town of Barnstable, and really is only a fire department.
In West Barnstable, private wells provide water to homes and businesses.
REPORTS, EVALUATIONS & DOCUMENTS
NEW SOURCES ALTERNATIVES EVALUATION REPORT
Source Exploration Report (Volume I)
Source Exploration Report (Volume II)
FINAL REPORT – PFAS in Barnstable Waters Sept 2021
The Distribution and Composition of PFAS in Select Water Supply Wells and Surface Waters of Barnstable, MA | Hydrogeological Tech Report #1
Notices & Updates
Boil Orders
Hydrant Flushing
Conservation Notices
Barnstable Gets Grant To Protect Drinking Water From Toxins
State officials have awarded public water suppliers in Barnstable $400,000 in grants to protect the drinking water supply from toxic chemicals. Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known collectively as PFAS, have been found in drinking water systems that...
Hyannis Water System Honored by the New England Water Works Association
Hyannis Water System recently received the 2020 Utility of the Year Award from the New England Water Works Association (NEWWA), the region’s largest and oldest not-for-profit organization of water works professionals. This award recognizes utilities which have made...
Glossary of Terms
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